U.N. sees Libya talks entering final mile, eyes Sept. 20 deal
GENEVA - Talks aimed at uniting Libya's two warring governments are entering the final stretch and there is hope of signing a deal on Sept. 20, the U.N. Special Representative for Libya Bernardino Leon said on Friday.
Saudi Arabia satisfied with Obama's assurances on Iran deal
WASHINGTON - Saudi Arabia is satisfied with assurances from U.S. President Barack Obama about the Iran nuclear deal and believes the agreement will contribute to security and stability in the Middle East, a senior Saudi official said on Friday.
Pakistani nationals extradited to U.S. in narco-terrorism case
NEW YORK - Two Pakistani nationals were extradited to the United States to face criminal charges that they conspired to aid a Colombian group that the U.S. government has designated as a foreign terrorist organization, federal prosecutors announced on Friday.
Drowned refugee boys buried in Syria; crackdown crumbles in Hungary
KOBANI, Syria/ROSZKE, Hungary - - A Syrian father on Friday buried his wife and two little boys, drowned as they tried to flee to Europe, while hundreds of migrants fled from a detention camp and escaped a train stranded under police siege in Hungary. | Video
U.N. sees Libya talks entering final mile, eyes Sept. 20 deal
GENEVA - Talks aimed at uniting Libya's two warring governments are entering the final stretch and there is hope of signing a deal on Sept. 20, the U.N. Special Representative for Libya Bernardino Leon said on Friday.
Iraqi army raids militia HQ, suspecting link to Turkish abductees
BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces investigating the abduction of 18 Turkish construction workers raided the Baghdad headquarters of a powerful Iranian-backed Shi'ite militia overnight, security sources and officials said on Friday.
UAE, Bahrain say 50 soldiers killed in Yemen attack
DUBAI/SANAA - At least 50 soldiers from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were killed in Yemen on Friday in the deadliest attack on Gulf Arab troops in the Saudi-led military campaign against Houthi forces, Gulf news agencies said.
Thousands rally in Beirut over politician's presidential election call
BEIRUT - Thousands of protesters rallied in Beirut on Friday to support Christian faction leader Michel Aoun's call for Lebanon to elect its president by popular vote to address a crisis that has paralyzed government and parliament.
German U.N. official seen as favorite for Libya post: envoys
UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA - Martin Kobler, a German United Nations official currently overseeing the mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is the top candidate to take over as head of the world body's mission to Libya, U.N. diplomats said.
Broker says he's innocent in missing Iran oil rig case
DUBAI - Four years after Iran spent $87 million to buy an oil drilling rig that was never delivered, the broker in the deal has given his side of a story he describes as a cautionary tale for Western investors impatient for an end to sanctions.
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